Ezra:6:14-22
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And the elders of the Jews builded ,
and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo .
And they builded ,
and finished it ,
according to the commandment of the God of Israel ,
and according to the commandment of Cyrus ,
and Darius ,
and Artaxerxes king of Persia .
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And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar ,
which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king .
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And the children of Israel ,
the priests ,
and the Levites ,
and the rest of the children of the captivity ,
kept the dedication of this house of God with joy ,
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And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks ,
two hundred rams ,
four hundred lambs ;
and for a sin offering for all Israel ,
twelve he goats ,
according to the number of the tribes of Israel .
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And they set the priests in their divisions ,
and the Levites in their courses ,
for the service of God ,
which is at Jerusalem ;
as it is written in the book of Moses .
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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month .
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For the priests and the Levites were purified together ,
all of them were pure ,
and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity ,
and for their brethren the priests ,
and for themselves .
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And the children of Israel ,
which were come again out of captivity ,
and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land ,
to seek the LORD God of Israel ,
did eat ,
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And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy :
for the LORD had made them joyful ,
and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them ,
to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God ,
the God of Israel .